January In Review

Ahh…the month of love! Hard to believe that is February already. Only 10 weeks until baby boy graces us with his presence. We still need to get Eleanor’s big girl room ready, transition her into a big girl bed (at 21 months) and give the nursery some boyish charm. All in ten weeks. Did I mention 10 weeks? With Easter, baby showers and weddings my weekends are dwindling.

As overwhelming as that checklist feels at times, it was pretty awesome to look back on the blog to see what I have accomplished. February might me be the month of love, but I started my Valentine’s day prep in January. I got the dining room shelf decked out for Valentine’s day (printables too!) and created a pretty cool maze valentine printable for the kiddos with my husband.

I also shared my first ever house crashing post in January. My sister, all the way out in Connecticut, shared her space with us. As much as I love it, I cannot wait until she is out of it and back home in Wisconsin!

I also found my inner-Monet…or something like that. While painting with Quinn I kind of fell in love with my painting and decided to frame it. The refrigerator is for amateurs people! The art kind of inspired/pulled together my little dining room shelf vignette.

Apparently I had dining room shelf vignette’s on the brain in January, because I took a walk down memory lane and shared with you the many faces of my ever-changing dining room shelf.

There were a few other posts thrown in there for January, but that about sums it up. As I get a farther along in my pregnancy and Eleanor’s nap strike continues I am blogging much less than I would like. That coupled with all the work that needs to be done has me missing you all. I have been trying to stick to three posts a week, minimum. Becoming a subscriber is a great way to make sure you don’t miss a thing.

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February should be a fun month. I have a lot of projects and fun things to share on the horizon. Any projects you are looking forward to or dreading?

You had a super productive January, Megan! Hard to believe that little guy will be here so soon — knowing you, you’ll have everything in perfect order.
xo Heidi

http://www.balancinghome.com Megan Bray

Thanks Heidi, I sure hope so.

Virginia

Don’t worry about the bed transition at 21m! I put my daughter in a bed at 15 m because our son was on the way. We let her play on the bed for a few days, then nap, then sleep. We just told he not to get out until we said she could. We of course had a rail because it was a twin and not a toddler bed!

http://www.balancinghome.com Megan Bray

I’m hoping it goes that smoothly. My son transitioned easily at that age, but my daughter is a whole other personality :).

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Hi, I'm Megan--the crazy mom of three behind this blog. Please don't be intimidated by the name. Note it doesn't say BALANCED Home. We hardly have it all together, but together we have it all. Or at least that is what I tell myself. I love rearranging, decorating, creating, crafting, celebrations, family, and holidays. I share a little bit of all of that and more on Balancing Home. I am married to my college sweetheart (Is that a thing? Well now it is.) and he is a very talented designer. I use him for his skills so I can offer up sweet printables to all of you. If you want to learn more randomness about me or my blog, stop by my about page. Read More…